The processor used makes no difference.  The metamodel classes they generate 
are identical, except the hibernate processor doesn't add a @Generated 
annotation to the class.  Dali still doesn't overwrite it.

> From: [email protected]
> Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:24:47 +0100
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [m2e-users] Annotation processing in Eclipse
> 
> Alternatively you can use hibernate jpa annotation processor which does not 
> do this step - for what it is worth.
> 
> /max
> 
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 02:11, Anthony Fryer wrote:
> 
> > I've got this working by doing as Max mentioned and manually add the JPA 
> > facet to the project after getting m2e to generate your project files, then 
> > commit the eclipse .settings file.  
> > 
> > There's other things to be aware of.  You need eclipse and maven to 
> > generate the metamodel sources in the same directory or else you'll get 
> > compile errors.  Here's a fragment from my pom.xml where I configure the 
> > metamodel generation, including the folder where the source files are 
> > generated...
> > 
> >     <plugin>
> >         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
> >         <version>2.3.2</version>
> >         <configuration>
> >             <source>1.6</source>
> >             <target>1.6</target>
> >             <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
> >         </configuration>
> >       </plugin>
> >      
> >       <plugin>
> >         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
> >         <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
> >         <version>1.7</version>
> >         <executions>
> >           <execution>
> >             <id>add-source</id>
> >             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
> >             <goals>
> >               <goal>add-source</goal>
> >             </goals>
> >             <configuration>
> >               <sources>
> >                 <source>src/main/jpa-metamodel-generated</source>
> >               </sources>
> >             </configuration>
> >           </execution>
> >         </executions>
> >       </plugin>
> >      
> >       <plugin>
> >         <groupId>org.bsc.maven</groupId>
> >         <artifactId>maven-processor-plugin</artifactId>
> >         <version>2.0.4</version>
> >         <executions>
> >           <execution>
> >             <id>process</id>
> >             <goals>
> >               <goal>process</goal>
> >             </goals>
> >             <phase>generate-sources</phase>
> >             <configuration>
> >               
> > <compilerArguments>-Aopenjpa.metamodel=true</compilerArguments>
> >               <processors>
> >                 
> > <processor>org.apache.openjpa.persistence.meta.AnnotationProcessor6</processor>
> >               </processors>
> >               
> > <outputDirectory>src/main/jpa-metamodel-generated</outputDirectory>
> >             </configuration>
> >           </execution>
> >         </executions>
> >       </plugin>
> > 
> > Then in my eclipse project, I  click on properties->JPA and configure the 
> > Canonical metamnodel source folder to be the same as specified in my 
> > pom.xml (ie. src/main/jpa-metamodel-generated)
> > 
> > The other thing to be aware of, is when you do a build using maven, it will 
> > use a different annotation processor to generate the metamodel classes than 
> > eclipse uses.  Eclipse uses Dali to generate these classes and Dali won't 
> > overwrite metamodel classes generated by a different annotation processor.  
> > It looks at the value of the @Generated annotation on the metamodel class 
> > and if its not "Dali" it won't overwrite it.  
> > 
> > This means if you do a maven build on your project and then go back to 
> > eclipse and start modifying your entity classes, the metamodel classes 
> > won't automatically update unless you delete them and let eclipse 
> > regenerate them, which it does immediately.  From then on, eclipse will 
> > automatically update the metamodel classes as you modify the entity 
> > classes, until you do the next 'mvn clean install'.
> > 
> > I think the Dali guys are going to provide a configuration option to allow 
> > you to specify Dali should overwrite these files.  
> > Seehttp://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/236558/
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > 
> > Anthony
> > 
> > 
> > > From: [email protected]
> > > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:15:02 +0100
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Subject: Re: [m2e-users] Annotation processing in Eclipse
> > > 
> > > We got it compiled and working but also haven't been able to reach the 
> > > contributor to be able to release it :(
> > > 
> > > If anyone know [email protected] let him know he got emails 
> > > awaiting ;)
> > > 
> > > p.s. the workaround is to setup the annotation processor manually and 
> > > commit the .settings files
> > > and it will work since m2e currently does not touch these settings.
> > > 
> > > /max
> > > 
> > > On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:17, Igor Fedorenko wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Somebody provided a patch [1], but I could not get the patch working
> > > > cleanly in my environment and there was no response from the developer
> > > > 
> > > > [1] https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=335036
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Igor
> > > > 
> > > > On 11-12-15 2:13 AM, Ittai Zeidman wrote:
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >> I'm using m2e 1.0.100 and Eclipse (Indigo SR1).
> > > >> I'd like to know how I can get m2e to change my project configuration 
> > > >> so
> > > >> that it uses "Annotation processing" when it compiles my code.
> > > >> The reason for this need is that I want to use the JPA feature of the
> > > >> canonical metamodel, which builds on annotation processing.
> > > >> I followed this hibernate tutorial
> > > >> <http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/jpamodelgen/reference/en-US/html_single/>
> > > >> and got maven itself to generate the required additional files without 
> > > >> a
> > > >> problem but because Eclipse has no knowledge of these files, they are
> > > >> only in the target folder, then I cannot use them while working.
> > > >> Is there a way m2e can update the project configuration with respect to
> > > >> this aspect?
> > > >> 
> > > >> Thanks in advance.
> > > >> 
> > > >> --
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